#catherine parr six

[montygatorguy]

some stupid theatre memes i made in imgflip

enjoy

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[six-costume-refs]

Why did Roxanne, Erin and Kelsey all switch from the side pony tail to the braid and back pony tail? Roxanne's old Parr wig was one of the best of any production, and to switch out both Erin and Kelsey's wigs when they're different from what Gabriella wore or what they used to wear just feels bizarre

Wig design is basically about trying to take the typical standardized styles and translate them to the individual actors’ faces, hair/skin tones, and textures. (Here’s a great in-depth post Sofia did that goes into more detail about this and talks about Roxanne Couch’s change too). In this case, the mid-ponytails are more flattering on them than the side.

Some styles just work better than others for different facial shapes - some people look better with a high up do, with a low, half pulled back, all down, bangs, whatever. In Roxanne’s case, the side ponytail was a little too harsh; the new wig softens and flatters her face more subtly. Similar reason for Erin Ramirez/Marilyn Caserta/Kelsee Kimmel as well. The old styles weren’t bad on them, and it was nice on Roxanne particularly! But the new styling is a better fit for all of them.

It’s also pretty heavily based on hair texture. The initial side Parr styling was based on a style sometimes worn by Alicia Keys, and the hairstyle is primarily worn by Black women. As such it's based on a range of hair types and textures that we mostly see in (some) Black women: defined, soft, loose curls with a lot of volume. If you're familiar with hair typing, it's going to work best with hair in the type 3 categories (here's a good introductory article with examples). It's a gorgeous style that can look lovely! It was very flattering on Maiya Quansah-Breed and has continued to work well for queens with similar hair styles. But Six has struggled from the start with adapting it to other hair types and textures. Most of the other Six hairstyles are generic enough that they can be adapted to different textures with minimal change to the overall aesthetic. The original Parr not so much, because it really needs that specific combo of qualities for the hairstyle to work. If you have the looseness but don't have the right curl or the volume it looks too flat and asymmetrical, which we saw with Gabriela Carrillo's initial hairstyle; if you go for the curl but go too short or structured it's just not going to flatter as many of the actors and you've lost that really lovely softness, which we've seen with quite a few of the non-Black actors' styles. Many of the Black actors naturally have the hair texture(s) and type(s) that lend itself well to the hairstyle, so they've generally had a lot of success with those. For the Black actors that don't, they've generally A. adapted the hairstyle to work with their natural hair (usually for queens with enough volume that it still translates well, like Viquichele Cross or Danielle Steers), OR B. given them a wig that may not quite match their natural hair texture, but still looks natural and allows for the right texture/structure. (Generally queens in both camps have a type 4 hair texture and which they go for has depended on budget and hair care for the individual actor.) But for the non-Black actors, that's much more difficult. Very few non-Black actors have hair that's even remotely the right texture for this hairstyle: actors like Gabriela Carrillo and Roxanne Couch have some texture but not enough of the curl and volume needed, while actors like Erin Ramirez and Kelsee Kimmel have natural hair textures that are much closer to working but still don't quite work. They could give these actors a wig with a texture different than their own that would be more conducive to the style, but while doing so generally reads as natural on the Black queens, doing so for non-Black queens would often make the wig read as unnatural or even outright inappropriate. The UK has historically gotten around all that by doing the curly side ponytail. It does work fairly well, but it's still not flattering on everyone and the style they go for is visibly unnaturally curled, which isn't inherently bad but doesn't work as well for Parr as it does for some of the other queens (her whole vibe is very low fuss, or as low as it can be given the spectacle that is Six costumes). It's not a bad choice, and like you said Roxanne's was one of the best! But it's not going to work well for everyone, and for Roxanne specifically the switch to a back ponytail is a slightly better fit, and of course they've continued that trend since.

In the US (and NCL) there's been a whole lot of experimentation. The Aragon Tour alone has gone through multiple different hairstyles. Think Gabriela Carrillo's original Aragon Tour side-swept to her loose low side ponytail, compared to Kelsee Kimmel and Erin Ramirez's loose curly updos piled more directly on top of their heads. Over on the Boleyn Tour we've seen Tay Pearlstein with a smaller and more structured side updo, and then Sydney Parra with a looser and relatively longer side ponytail (which is one of my personal favorites, actually!). For Gabi and Sydney they experimented until they got to styles they ultimately were happy with, and now they're standardized to the current back ponytail iteration, but Erin/Kelsee/Tay never quite had that. TL;DR: Back ponytail is both more flattering on most of them + an easier style adaptation for some of the queens whose hair doesn't lend itself as well to the side ponytails.

Also quick note that there’s also nothing saying the alternates’ hairstyles have to be remotely identical to the principals! Six has never really gone for that anyway, beyond the usual standardization. Like I said, they experimented with Gabi's wig (over a longgg period of time) until they got to something they were happy with, but it seems like they just never got to that point with Erin/Kelsee/Tay/etc!

#six the musical #six wigs #parr wigs #catherine parr six

[sixcostumerefs]

LOOK AT HER

9 Aug 2023, @/laurenmariasoosay

#six the musical #lauren mariasoosay #six canada #catherine parr six

[uhhhh-em-draws-stuff]

Two queens in a king sized bed by girl in red and history hates lovers by Oublaire unironically fits every six the musical ship and I love it.

#six the musical #catherine of aragon six #anne boleyn six #jane seymour six #anna of cleves six #katherine howard six #catherine parr six #aralyn #araleyn #katanna #aramour #parrlyn #parrleyn #parrward #parrmour

[thesixthrandomuser]

Took forever but I finally finished her!

Cathy Parr! 1/6

(I do requests! click me for rules!)

#six musical #six the musical #six #six the musical fanart #cathyyyy #catherine parr six #catherine parr

[musezip]

Drop some trauma headcanons for our favorite dead tudor queens >:)

 𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 !

Trauma, like bad shit crazy trauma/j, angst, ofc

↳ Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Kathryn Howard, Catherine Parr

Catherine of Aragon

☆ Mentally stable who

☆ Abandonment issues

☆ Completely believes the other queens will ditch her if she's not perfect enough

☆ Also generally fears being alone

☆ And any and all pains in her abdomen

☆ There's a common rule not to let any stomach virus reach her

☆ It got put in place after she got in a complete state of panic, believing she would die again.

☆ Can not be left in the house alone without her mind resorting to when she was imprisoned

☆ It terrifies her

Anne Boleyn

☆ The 'chaos gremlin' thing is a front

☆ She got killed for (among other things) being smart and standing her ground

☆ Continously afraid of doing or saying the wrong thing

☆ Corrected Aragon on something once, terrified to look her in the eyes for weeks

☆ Probably smartest person in the house, absolutely terrified of it

☆ Has spirals where she'll do anything the queens ask, her inobedience was another reason for her dearh

Jane Seymour

☆ Common hc, but terrified of illnesses

☆ Even the slightest headache will send her spiraling

☆ Similarly to Anne, has spirals where she'll do anything the queens ask

☆ But she'll be incredibly quiet and reserved, attempting to stay in their shadow

☆ She's extremely motherly, even if she's among the youngest

☆ She never got a chance

☆ Doesn't share om her opinion much, afraid it start a fight

Anna of Cleves

☆ Incredibly insecure

☆ She knows many people in history compliment her on her looks, but when a king says it

☆ Terrified of people sneaking up on her, even if it's any back hugs

☆ There's an unspoken rule to never even slightly startle her

☆ Incredible fear of storms too, surprisingly the reason the queens are all togheter during thunderstorms

☆ almost opposite to what the show well, shows. She's rather humble and timid. Never having any force to anything she says or does

Kathryn Howard

☆ The obvious

☆ terrified of men, to the point of having to physically stick to one of the other queens

☆ catches herself sexualizing herself

☆ Or sugarcoating her expierences, trying to make them seem fun and pleasureful instead of gruesome rape

☆ Is the youngest, does not enjoy it

☆ Always feels like she has to prove she's a well capable adult, she's 19 for god's sake

☆ The thought of even trying a relationship with anyone terrifies her

☆ Most of her memories are painful blurs to her

Catherine Parr

☆ Very similair to Jane, actually.

☆ Terrified of illnesses as well, will also spiral at the slightest headache

☆ Keeps to themselves a lot, their opinion almost had them lose their head.

☆ Apologizes to Anne almost everyday, even if they had no idea what they were doing at the time

☆ Is technically part of mom club(tm), Never got to actually be a mom to their (bio) daughter. Deals with it differently from Jane, has trouble actually being motherly

☆ Terrified of the others keeping secrets from them, or not saying anything when their being annoying or anything

#can you tell Cathy is my blorbo/j #six the musical #six #catherine of aragon six #six catherine of aragon #catherine parr six #six catherine parr #katherine howard six #six katherine howard #six anne boleyn #anne boleyn six #jane seymour six #six jane seymour #anna of cleves six #six anna of cleves #'Anna - thunderstorms' in reference to there being a terrible storm during her trip to England #'Kate - Sexualizing herself' Sexualizing yourself/hypersexuality is a common coping mechanism for sa survivors #'Anna - never any force' her divorce went by quietly #'Anna - sneaking up' in reference to Henru sneaking up on her dressed as a commoner which terrified her and caused the divorce #six the musical headcanons #headcanons #six hcs #[ Ｅｔｈｅｒｅａ．ｔｘｔ ] → ＷＲＩＴＩＮＧ

[that-boleyn-boy]

Some silly art I did for @cavernfullofexistentialdread free for consumption

#parrleyn #parrlyn #six #six the musical #six musical #anne boleyn six #catherine parr six #fanart #they be gay #love that for them

[mighty-morphin-theatre-nerd]

The new NA Parr ponytail > West End Tour Parr ponytail

I'm just saying.

#six the musical #six alternates #six broadway #six west end #catherine parr six

[unwrittenemmy]

i have begun

#six the musical #catherine parr six

[romanticstrawberii]

Parr: What do you do when someone offers you drugs? Howard: Take them! Aragon: Punch them in the neck. Seymour: Say thank you! Boleyn: Offer them more drugs to assert dominance. Parr: Parr: No.

#catherine parr #catherine parr six #katherine howard #katherine howard six #katherine of aragon #jane seymour #anne boleyn #six the musical #six broadway #six musical #incorrect quotes

[not-a-healthy-human]

Anne: Why do people always assume I'm up to something?! I'm harmless! Mostly!

Lina: You're gremlin-shaped

Jane: Your smile looks threatening

Anna: Your general energy screams danger

Kat: You're wearing heelys to a formal party

Cathy: Are we serious?! Did none of you notice she's holding a lit-up torch and a trident?!

#anne boleyn six #six incorrect quotes #six the musical #catherine parr six #katherine howard six #jane seymour six #catherine of aragon six #anna of cleves six

[autisticheadcanonsdaily]

Catherine Parr from SIX the musical is autistic!

#autistic headcanon #submission #six the musical #six catherine parr #catherine parr #catherine parr six #six musical

[six-costume-refs]

Summer 2023 Wig Updates: North American Productions

The Canadian production has officially opened! I'll do a more in-depth look at all of the wigs later this week, but a few quick updates worthy of note: - Julia Pulo doesn't have any major changes to the base style, but we're finally getting to see a North American Boleyn with curls!! - Krystal Hernández got the red ponytail braid style for Cleves. It has some changes to the specific style, which I'll go into more detail about this week. - Lauren Mariasoosay has the back ponytail that's becoming an alternative standardized style. Hers has a very different base than any of the UK and most of the prior North American Parr wigs in this style, but it definitely fits the general category of the back center ponytail. Again, comparison post coming soon. - We've also seen a few of the alts' hairstyles! So far everything has been as expected, but it does answer one of the big questions I've had: what hair color they'd give Darcy Stewart. She might not get the same color for all three of her queens, but at least for Boleyn they went for a light blonde that reads more strawberry blonde under stage lights.

Over in the Broadway and North American Tour... - Khaila Wilcoxon joined Broadway as a temporary replacement for Aragon. She's still wearing her wig from the Aragon Tour. - And Sydney Parra got the back ponytail style about a week ago, which we've seen slowly become standardized for non-Black actors. It might be her old wig re-styled but I'm waiting on better photos to confirm that. The styling seems to be more in line with Lauren Mariasoosay's wig than some of the past in this style, but again I'm waiting for better photos.

————————— Canada: pro photos by Joan Marcus; Darcy/Julia photo from @/darcellas, Krystal and Lauren photos from @/laurenmariasoosay, Darcy photo I found on Wiki but presumably is from @/darcellas

Other: Khaila photos from @/thekhailawilcoxon, Sydney from @/sydneyparra and @/sweetbeeyoutees

#six the musical #six wigs #six canada #six broadway #six boleyn tour #julia pulo #krystal hernandez #lauren mariasoosay #darcy stewart #khaila wilcoxon #sydney parra #aragon wigs #boleyn wigs #cleves wigs #parr wigs #catherine of aragon six #anne boleyn six #anna of cleves six #catherine parr six #six musical

[sixcostumerefs]

12 Jun 2022, @/mallorymaedke

#six the musical #six broadway #adrianna hicks #andrea macasaet #mallory maedke #brittney mack #samantha pauly #anna uzele #catherine of aragon six #catherine parr six #katherine howard six #anna of cleves six #anne boleyn six #jane seymour six #six musical #tony awards

[uhhhh-em-draws-stuff]

Yk what I’m shocked that doesn’t exist? A SIX pitch perfect au, considering making it tbh

#six the musical #anne boleyn six #catherine of aragon six #jane seymour six #Anne of Cleves six #anna of cleves six #katherine howard six #catherine parr six

[thesixthrandomuser]

I decided to draw her bc I know yall will destroy her (and us) next chapter

I swear I didn't mean to make her look so tired lmao

(TDBLF is written by both @the-ten-amongst-these-threes and @katwhohasahat)

Her hair was way too hard to figure out, harder than Anna's

(Au owned by both @the-ten-amongst-these-threes and @katwhohasahat!! The first fic is under the cut!)

The fic I'm referring to (Read the one above first tho, it would make more sense)

#ivy fanarts u #ivy draws thingss #six the musical #catherine parr six